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c^ Posterior process not reaching tip of abdomen. 



d\ Tegmina entirely hyaline, except small black punctate area at 



base nigrocarinata. 



d". Tegmina more or less colored and opaque. 



e'. Front of head densely, posterior process slightly, pubescent. 



nigrofasciata. 



e^ Front of head not densely, posterior process not at all, pubescent. 



/\ Size very small, apical fourth of tegmina entirely hyaline. 



pygmaea. 

 f. Size larger, apical fourth of tegmina not hyaline.— patruelis. 

 a^ Pronotum yellow, or very light brown at least in the females. 



6\ Veins of tegmina bearing nodules tuberculata. 



6^ Veins of tegmina not beai'ing nodules, 

 c'. Tegmina entirely opaque. 



d^. Tegmina uniform yellow luteipennis. 



dr. Tegmina strongly marked with dark brown and white. 



pulchripennis. 

 c^. Tegmina hyaline at least for apical four fifths. 



d\ Head much deflexed; pronotum concolorous or nearly so; teg- 

 mina clear brunnea. 



dr. Head almost perpendicular; pronotum marked with brown and 

 yellow; tegmina iridescent nitidipennis. 



Gargara luconica Fairm. 



Membracis luconica Fairm., Rev. Memb. (1846), 255. 

 Enchenopa luconica Walk., List Horn. Brit. Mus. (1851), 484. 

 Gargara luconica Stal, Hem. Phil. (1870), 728. 



A small, black, rather robust species with carinate posterior 

 process and dull, opaque tegmina with hyaline tips. 



Head broader than long, black, finely punctate, sparsely pilose 

 with silvery hairs; eyes almost white with brown fascia; ocelli 

 pearly, farther from each other than from the eyes and situated 

 slightly above a line passing through center of eyes; clypeus 

 strongly deflexed and extending far below margin of face. Pro- 

 notum uniform black, finely punctate, and sparingly pubescent 

 with silvery hairs; median carina percurrent from head to 

 apex of posterior process; humeral angles not prominent; pos- 

 terior process sharply carinate, tectiform, extending just beyond 

 internal angle of tegmina. Tegmina opaque, except at tips, 

 which are yellowish hyaline; basal and costal areas black and 

 punctate; veins prominent and bearing scattered silvery hairs. 

 Undersurface of body black; legs very dark ferruginous brown, 

 almost black; tarsi very light brown; claws ferruginous. 



Length, 3 mm. ; maximum width, 1.7 mm. 



Philippine Islands (Fairmaire) ; Negros, Cuernos Mountains; 

 Mindanao, Dapitan ; Luzon, Mount Maquiling (Baker) . 



